Gangland North, South & West / James Morton and Susanna Lobez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, James, author.

Lobez, Susanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--Australia--Western Australia--History.

Organized crime.

Organized crime--Australia--South Australia--History.

Organized crime--Australia--Tasmania--History.

Organized crime--Australia--Northern Territory--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Victory Books, 2013.

Summary:

The last volume in the best-selling series, Gangland North, South & West looks at crime in South and Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania. In addition to contract killing, prostitution, robbery, illegal gambling and the stand-over game, in these regions there has been a healthy living to be made from gold, diamond and pearl thefts. Eastern criminals travel west, south and north to meet and do business, or battle with home-grown stalwarts such as Shiner Ryan, said to be able to open a lock with his hand behind his back; Spadger Bray, suspected of three murders and himself shot dead a decade later; blackmailing brothel madam Shirley Finn, executed on a Perth golf course, and many, many others. Gangland North, South & West is everything that makes life worth living in the underworld.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

West to East and Back Again-Some Early Commuters

The Squizzy Taylor Connection

All That Glitters Is Often Gold

North: The Early Days

Houses Are Rarely Homes

Between the Wars

World War II and Its Aftermath

Drugs

Over the Wall …

The Family

Treasures of Diamonds and Gold

… And into the Bank

Bikers Great and Small

Snowtown and Other Murders

Northbridge Identities

Today and Tomorrow

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522864236

0522864236

OCLC:

1088340620